Lydia Criss, the former wife of KISS drummer Peter Criss, has said that parts of his 2012 memoir, Makeup to Breakup: My Life In and Out of KISS, are false.
Speaking with Legendary Rock Interviews, Lydia said that Peter is not a trustworthy source.
"I know Peter, I was with him for 13 years, I've known him for 40 years," she said. "Peter is very dramatic, he's an exaggerator, he's a complainer, he's a liar."
One point of contention was that Peter claims in his book that he was never too infatuated with her.
"When we were married, there was a point where I was actually uncomfortable with him putting me on such a pedestal, and then his book comes out and he basically says he didn't care for me that much . . . Peter's book is not the truth and that's proven, even by stupid little things."
She added that she has read Ace Frehley's book, who she says "told the truth."
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